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Friday, November 30, 2012

Soulpancake's Art Attack Series!

In mid-October, I had the good fortune of collaborating with the wonderful team over at SoulPancake in LA. Originally founded by Rainn Wilson (you might know him as Dwight Schrute from The Office), SoulPancake is a media company dedicated to blurring the lines among art, spirituality, philosophy, and creativity.

Aside from their incredible website, fabulous book, and recent mini-series with Oprah (what!?), these guys somehow find the time to dive into artist's studios and document the process of making artwork, start to finish.

We shot over a two day period, allowing the paint to dry (sort of) overnight. The theme I chose was "memory", and the image I painted from was a picture of my dad's vacation home in Iran.

I talk about the significance of the image and share some thoughts on memory in the interview here:

And in case you've ever wanted to see me make a painting really really fast, here's your chance:

A huge thanks to all the fabulous minds and generous spirits at SoulPancake. I feel so lucky to be a part of this awesome series.

this is so awesome! i actually teach the iranian revolution and would love to show this video to my high school students. we approach it from such a historical perspective that it would be great for them to hear the last affects of this event.

That is amazing, I had no idea! You should absolutely share it. And I made a short documentary called "under the staircase" which is a more in depth view of the revolution and how it affected my family. Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/9012015

I love how you eloquently expressed how art often reflect memories, even if its not directly our own. I was able for the first time visit my parents home country 2 years ago, yet I couldn't necessarily relate to their childhood and even adult experience in a country torn apart by civil war. Thanks for showing us a glimpse into your artistic process.